[G4] Large 2nd hard drive

[rich northouse]

Aaron,

But do you think that your serial ATA drives might be more efficient 
with these larger files than ATA drives? Plus you have a few more 
ponies under your hood!   Just wondering?!

rich


On Apr 17, 2005, at 5:39 PM, Aaron Willems wrote:

> I have 2 400 GB Seagate SATA drives in my G5, and it runs like a 
> champ. I
> already have over 400 GB's of Audio files, and have experience no slow
> downs. I say go for it.
>
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>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I have a dual Mirrored Drive Door G4 with a 160 GB hard drive.  I am
>> thinking of adding a 2nd hard drive.  I noticed that Seagate now makes
>> 400GB Ultra ATA/100 7200 rpm drive.
>>
>> Has anyone tried this?
>>
>> I have also heard that such a large drive can slow things down if one
>> used it for editing video.  I think the thought was that it would take
>> longer to find things on a larger disk.  Any thoughts?  I have found
>> that it is easy to fill 160 GB with video.
>>
>> --
>> Carol
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